AWS BVPd-1 vs. AWS BVAg-29
Both AWS BVPd-1 and AWS BVAg-29 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVPd-1 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-29.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 73 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 1240 to 1250 | |
| 710 to 790 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1240 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1230 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 9.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 4.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 5.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 | |
| 8.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 33.9 to 36 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 22.5 to 25.5 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 64 to 66 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 60.5 to 62.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |